cultivating me

This week, my two oldest kids were on Spring break. My youngest? His Spring break was during the two weeks prior. And mine? two weeks before that – how is it possible to have 4 weeks of Spring break between the 4 of us and yet, none of them overlapped. I don’t know. I do [...]

At $10 – $15 a pop, I cannot afford to splurge on a container of scented sugar body scrub but I can afford to make my own! Instructions found here.

This wreath isn’t perfect but I loved making it.  It took me just over an hour and was super easy to do.  You can see more pictures and get directions here

Directions and details can be found here

I love flipping through magazines, browsing blogs/sites, and watching TV shows which contain do it yourself decorating or gift ideas.  I will often sigh and can often be heard mumbling “I wish I could do that”.  I just don’t think I have the kind of talent necessary to make, construct, or put together the ideas [...]

Our family is having a gift exchange this year and I’ve been struggling with what to get the people we’ve been assigned.  Frankly, it made me quite the cranky pants!  A great deal has changed in the last 24 hours as I finally began to think of things to get – things I think people [...]

My hair is having an identity crisis. It’s not sure if it wants to be longer or shorter and I’m not sure if I agree with it on any given day. So, for the meantime, I’m living with it being at an awkward length: too long to just wear it down without trying to coax [...]